Monday, September 14, 2009

Let's face it...

there is truly nothing better than a delicious
made-from-scratch
melt-in-your-mouth
cookie!

even better when they're made with love...
to look just like your family...
(thanks to my kitchen helper Princess #2)



Quite possibly one of the best cookies I have ever enjoyed!

Cookies:

1 stick unsalted butter softened
1/3 cup superfine sugar
1 cup plus 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
pinch of salt
few drops of vanilla extract

Glace' Icing:

1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
about 1 1/2 Tbsp water- or until desired consistency

Mix butter and sugar together, sift together the flour and salt
and mix into the butter mixture, add the vanilla to form fairly stiff dough.
(if the dough is too dry, add a little water)
Roll out the dough and use cookie cutters in desired shapes.
Bake at 350' for 10-15 minutes on a greased cookie sheet.

for the icing:
mix confectioners' sugar and water in bowl until desired consistency,
spread on cooled cookies- when set, decorate!

Enjoy!

Happy Monday!
Many Blessings!

15 comments:

  1. How precious! And oh so sweet... Memories are being made here, dear friend- so special!:) Lori

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  2. Those are the cutest cookies ever! I LOVE sugar cookies. They are my absolute favorite. I am on a no sugar thing for this challenge and looking at them makes me want to throw in the towel...but I won't. Promise to eat lots for me!

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  3. Those are so sweet! literally Im sure! the glittery sprinkles are beautiful, I love that you made your family! But who ate who? I would bite my husbands head off!muah haha

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  4. Those cookies are so cute and made me smile! xoxo

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  5. MMM...sounds like an afternoon of baking is in my future. Those are my very favorite. And they turned out so cute!

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  6. YUM! i am such a sucker for sugar cookies... they're my fave!!!
    those are so stinkin' cute!!!

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  7. There is not much I love more than a sugar cookie. FOR REAL.

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  8. Those are not only adorable, but they look sinfully delicious!!

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  9. You and the kitchen helper Princess did a really good job! Love the cookies! Daisy~

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  10. That is too sweet that she decorated them to look like the fam, tee hee. All blondies except for daddy huh? My oldest looks like me and the younger too are blond like my husband (if he had hair and you could tell he was blond, hahaha). Yummy recipe, thanks for sharing.

    Jamie :)

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  11. Made with love...and I'll bet they are as delicious as they look!

    Lots of hugs,

    Jenn

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  12. Goodness you need to add this to the 52 cookies on This Southern Girls Nest...I have her button on my sidebar...these look so yummy and easy to fix...with all the school parties that will popping up this fall these will be perfect to make for those days. I am filing this away in my blogger file.

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  13. Hi Jill!

    Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I did have a great time on my trip. It was so fun!

    You are so creative! And these cookies are so cute! These would be so fun to make with my boys! We will have to make these. :)

    Take care,
    Adrienne

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  14. These are so beautiful! I just love them. They are spactacularly wonderful patterned after your family! I love it!

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  15. Thanks for the tip! I think we will make these next week!

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Lots of love and many Blessings!- Jill